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Re:Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Yea... by keepper on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:13PM (#21726996)
That’s basically the footprint of 1500-2000 employees.

A FAR cry from the 25,000 they were planning for HQ2.

This is just normal expansion or office moves.

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Re:Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Yea... by malloreon on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:51PM (#21747542)
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1203327592243355648

"While we’re here, let’s clear up some GOP disinfo: - “It’s 1500 jobs vs 25,000”: The 25,000 jobs figure was a 10-20 year fantasy # from Amazon, not a promise or agreement. In exchange for that lack of commitment, they wanted billions of public $. Their Y1 jobs projection was 700."

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Re:Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Yea... by seppin on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:21PM (#21727065)
This is one instance. They already have 10-15k, planning to add at least 10k more.
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